Is my 98' Jimmy worthy of going off road?

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

I wonder if my 98' 4x4 Jimmy is worthy of going off road. If not, which I don't think it is. What do I need to upgrade to make it trail ready? Tires, lockers?
I'm not going to do anything crazy just yet, but want don't want to get stuck on a muddy hill or a rocky grade.
Right now it sits stock.

[draginlow]

stock there ok with good tires
just look at are site http://www.wegotmud.com/ and look at all the pic's
there is a ton of stock blazers out there and they do good just know your limts and go with a buddy

but every little thing you do locker tires lift etc..... will help!!

[dsgrntld187]

Hey, suncad where you at in Lapeer? I'm there too.

Anyway, the only immediate upgrades I'm looking at for my stock 98 Blazer is Cooper Discovery STT tires, 30x9.5", and ZR2 front and rear gears (Posi rear with 3.73 gears). I think even if you just went with a bigger tire, you'd be okay, or just an offroad tire.

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

I want to do a straight front axle swap sometime. Do you guys know where I can buy a coil lift kit for the front?

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

Is this site for real? http://www.setstr8.com/
Where can I buy a kit like this?




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[draginlow]

Quote: Originally Posted by dsgrntld187

Hey, suncad where you at in Lapeer? I'm there too.

Anyway, the only immediate upgrades I'm looking at for my stock 98 Blazer is Cooper Discovery STT tires, 30x9.5", and ZR2 front and rear gears (Posi rear with 3.73 gears). I think even if you just went with a bigger tire, you'd be okay, or just an offroad tire.

on davison rd (m-21) by elba rd
and you can get 9" with a lift no prob and keep the EIF front that is a good set up it will give you more ground clearnce
but if you go with straight axle get ready to bend over i would spend my cash on more motor upgrades and do a nice bds 6" lift and get 35" tires and go thru a lot
if you are going for big you will need a hole new drive line 33" tires in mud will dog a 4.3

just my 2 cents i have seen a lot of wasted cash on parts that do not help

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

Quote: Originally Posted by suncad03

on davison rd (m-21) by elba rd
and you can get 9" with a lift no prob and keep the EIF front that is a good set up it will give you more ground clearnce
but if you go with straight axle get ready to bend over i would spend my cash on more motor upgrades and do a nice bds 6" lift and get 35" tires and go thru a lot
if you are going for big you will need a hole new drive line 33" tires in mud will dog a 4.3

just my 2 cents i have seen a lot of wasted cash on parts that do not help

Thanks for the feedback, I don't really know what is best, I'm just looking for different options.

[Vsandme]

just get a K5 JImmy, you'll be set...i wouldnt want a newer s series blazer/jimmy for off roading, or new fullsize for that matt...they have IFS....K5 all the way :-D

[GeorgesBlazah]

who says ya cant offroad with your truck? i do it with mine. some of us cant afford another truck to use for offroading.




check out the Liftin' It forum to answer your questions

[draginlow]

Quote: Originally Posted by GeorgesBlazah

who says ya cant offroad with your truck? i do it with mine. some of us cant afford another truck to use for offroading.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...h/1f154b2f.jpg


check out the Liftin' It forum to answer your questions

and that is wene you have the most fun wene you can go play around and get muddy and not brake a ton of parts because you up grade one thing that will not work with somthing else
and you can laff at the guys that have over $8,000 in ther rig and hit 2 hols and are broke (i am one of those ) so just have fun

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

My buddy has a K5 and its junk. Its a tank but doesn't do to well wheelin.
I got my Jimmy wheel it and thats what i'ma do with it.

[Vsandme]

then its a newer body k5...the olds ones=mudqueen :- though if its trails your after than of course you dont want a fullsize pig :-D but a K5 is mud ready stock :-)

[ajsproaudio]

Hey I own a 94 Sonoma 2nd gen truck and it has a solid axle swap and it ride's liek shit. Looks badass but rides real rough!

[ajsproaudio]

[img]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Jim%20Kremsreiter/Desktop/My%20Stuff/Pictures/sonoma_front.jpg[/img]here's my solid axle sonoma

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

Thats pimp, I've seen it for sale before in the classified section. Did you use leaf spring lift in front for that SFAS?
I don't mind a rough ride, its 4x4 for cryin out loud!

[ajsproaudio]

We used the original leafs from the Wagoneer. Welded and fabricated some steel brackets to mount the leafs to in the front. The origianl sonoma shocks were used in the application.

[GeorgesBlazah]

ajsproaudio...got any pics of the suspension setup?

[ajsproaudio]

I'll see about taking some pics for ya.

[cwelkman]

Quote: Originally Posted by GeorgesBlazah

who says ya cant offroad with your truck? i do it with mine. some of us cant afford another truck to use for offroading.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...h/1f154b2f.jpg


check out the Liftin' It forum to answer your questions

Your freakin Blazer rocks. I'm hopin my Jimmy looks as good as yours when i get done playin with it.

[97BlackBlazer]

You can definately take your Jimmy/Blazer off-roading, even next-to stock. I took my '97 2-door Blazer out this weekend and it did better than my buddy's stock Wrangler. The only mod I have is 30 inch tires. We both climbed a pretty steep mound of dirt, and I made it up without hittting anything. He hit his skid plates. Although now his Jeep is lifted 4 inches on 31's... . So I say go for it. Just have a hose ready when you come home!!

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

I want to put some mini boggers on it. I don't think they make them small enough to clear it in any way.
Do they make body lifts for 98+ S10 Blazers/Jimmys.
How much work to get them on? Do you have to extend or modify anything?

If I can't run boggers at stock height or with a body lift, then i'll run a Super Swamper TSL, I believe they're called.

[GeorgesBlazah]

blue check out the lifted forum theres a tons of posts about all that stuff in there

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

not too many of them in the lift forum have 4dr blazers or Jimmys. Everyones got pickups.

[GeorgesBlazah]

its all basiclly the same chit. let me know what questions you got because chances are ive already done it to my truck.

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

If I run a 215/85R15 TSL tire, would I rub any? My Jimmy is sitting completly stock. With street suspension.

[GeorgesBlazah]

i doubt it, thats like a 29x9.0